Sighting for August 3, 2012
Jean Gutsmuth, Chris Herz, Dave Amadio
Chesapeake Farms Agricultural & Wildlife Management Demonstration Area, Chestertown, MD
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 4
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 12
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Red-banded Hairstreak 11
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 60
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 28
- Question Mark 1
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 6
- Viceroy 4
- Monarch 12
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Sachem 1
- Zabulon Skipper 11
Observations made between 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. We observed a Viceroy/Red-spotted Purple Hybrid courting what appeared to be a normal Red-spotted Purple.